done thing
Frequency: 6.52.5 per million words
Refers to what is considered socially correct or conventional. Often used in the phrase 'the done thing'.
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- Shaking hands when you meet someone is the done thing in many cultures.
- In Japan, tipping is simply not the done thing.
- Is it the done thing to bring a gift to a dinner party in this country?
- He wore jeans to the formal wedding, which was definitely not the done thing.
- Arriving late without an explanation isn't quite the done thing, is it?
- Back then, it wasn't the done thing for a woman to ask a man to dance.
- We need to find out what the done thing is for this ceremony.
- Apparently, replying to an email invitation is no longer the done thing.
- Questioning the professor's authority was not the done thing at that university.
- Remember, sending a thank-you note is always the done thing.